Stamp-rack.



A. BUHL.

STAMP RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1912.

1,069,108. Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

co ul .BIA PLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, Dv c.

AUGUSTIN BUI-IL, 015 FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

STAMP-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 27, 1912. Serial No. 717,394. a

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN BUI-IL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Fort \Vorth, in the count-y ofTarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stamp-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to racks and more particularly to racks for breadstamps, and

the object is to provide a simple and useful rack which will carry aspool of stamps in convenient reach of the user or operator.

The present practice is to take a string of stamps from the supply ofstamps and then put them on the bread. This takes the time of theworkmen because they have to leave the work and go to the supply source(usually the stamp rolls are hung on the wall) and then go back to thework with a string of stamps trailing downward and frequently in the wayof the operator. I have provided a convenient rack which can be hung onthe operators belt or on the Waist of the trousers or on other hangingdevices in a position which is convenient for the operator to tear offone stamp at a time without appreciable loss of time.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the followingdescription and the invention will be more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisapplication.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack with a spool or roll ofstamps mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the framewithout the brace, showing the manner of mounting the stamps on thespindle.

The rack frame is preferably made of a single length of wire. The endsof the wire are placed together to bind them together and at a distancefrom the end, one arm of the wire is formed into a loop and then twistedto form a spindle 1 with an eye 2 at the end of the spindle. The twowires are then further extended and twisted to form one side 3 of theframe. One arm of the wire is then extended laterally and formed intoanother part 4L of the frame and an eye 5 is formed in the outer end ofthe part t and a slot 6 is formed bet-ween the two parts of the wire.Two arms of the wire are then further extended and twisted together toform a connection and then formed into a hanger for the rack. The

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wire members are first spread and then extended upwardly parallel toeach otheror bent downwardly parallel to the parts: 5 and then bent toform the connecting bar 6 to complete the hanger. To prevent the roll 7of stamps from leaving the spindle, a guard member 8 is provided withone long arm and one short arm. The long arm is inserted in the eyes 2and 5 to hold the roll of stamps on the rack. The short arm rests on theeye to make the guard project above the eye 5 and also bears against thelong arm at the lower end of the short arm to form a loop to prevent theguard from being removed from the eye 5. The guard is thus securelyattached to the rack whether in operative posit-ion or out of operativeposition, and may be removed from the eye 2 for the purpose of placing aroll of stamps thereon. A brace 9 is placed on the hanger to strengthenthe hanger and hold it rigid. The brace 9 consists of a piece of sheetmetal having the edges bent and clamped on the bars 5. The roll ofstamps is placed on the spindle as shown in Fig. 1, and the strip orstring of stamps is run up through the slot in the cut-off member. Thestrip or string of stamps is perforated between each two stamps so thatthe stamp which is drawn through slot can be torn off after being pulledthrough the slot. WVhen a roll of stamps has been used up, a new rollcan be placed on the spindle by removing the guard member as shown inFig. 2.

l/Vhat I claim, is,

l. A stamp rack comprising a length of wire bent and twisted together toform a frame, a spindle projecting therefrom and a cut-off membercooperating with said spindle, and to form a hanger, and a guard membercarried by said cut-off member and cooperating with said spindle.

2. A stamp rack comprising a frame, a spindle rigid with said frame andhaving an eye in the end thereof, a cut-off member rigid with said frameand having an eye in the end thereof, a hanger formed on said frame, anda guard member slidably con nected with said cut-off member and adaptedto engage the eye in said spindle.

3. A stamp rack comprising a length of wire formed into a supportingframe and a spindle and a cut-off member and then formed into aquadrangular frame and the all frame bent to form a hanger, and a guardmember slidably connected with said cut-ofi' member and detachablyconnected to said spindle.

4. A stamp rack comprising a length of Wire formed into a supportingframe and a spindle and a cut-off member projecting therefrom and ahanger, a brace for said hanger, and a guard member slidably connectedWith said cut-0E member and adapted to engage said spindle to preventremoval of stamp rolls therefrom.

5. A stamp rack comprising a length of Wire formed into a supportingframe and a spindle and a stam'p-cut-ofi member projecting therefrom anda hanger, a brace for said hanger, said spindle and said cut-off 1nemherhaving eyes formed in their outer ends, and a guard member slidablyconnected with said cut-off member and adapted to engage the eye of saidspindle.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses,this 21st day of August, 1912.

AU GU STIN BUHL. WV itnesses A. L. JAoKsoN, L. T. KNIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

